Little Giant® Restraining Cone | Galvanized Steel Cone with Flat Back Design | Easy to Clean | Chicken Processing Equipment | Medium

The killing cone works fine for its intended purpose, but as other reviewers have mentioned, you may want to size up. We recently harvested two 6-month-old RI Red roosters that dressed out between 3 3/4 to 4 1/2 lbs, and not only was it difficult to stuff the larger of the two birds into the cone, but he also ultimately flapped his way out of the cone midway thru the harvest. 🙄 Also, as other reviewers noted, with all the flapping of the larger bird, the cone slipped off one of the nails we had driven into the tree we hung the cone on. Our plan is to revamp the cone and stabilize it better on the nails by figure-8'ing a wire between the nails AFTER the cone is hung back up on the nails (picture frame hanger wire). If you are okay with your cone fixture being set up permanently, then you could affix washers to screws for hanging the cone, and then it wouldn't be able to jump off the tree with all the bird's wiggling around. Hope this helps someone else.

Was smaller than I expected as it said it was a Large...but it did fine for my chickens but they were only 6 months old... I would not be able to put a 6 month old turkey in this cone as it said that that was possible more than half their body would be above the cone ...but was good and held my chickens tight...but if I get another cone it will have to be larger.

Works as expected, has been durable and survived multiple years use.

My honest opinion without having to be paid for. I received NO discount and do not require any for an honest positive review. Quality material and well made. The seam was tack welded nicely. The edges and upper and lower cavity lip were folded. which is very nice, no sharp edges to harm the bird nor the processor. The cone affixes to whatever substrate you wish and has De-burred slots for nail/screws for easy hanging and removal for clean up. It cleans up nicely after processing. A garden hose with soap and water removed all traces of the bird remnants It is smaller than anticipated. I processed 8 week old X Rock birds ~ 5-6 lbs each. it was quite the snug for them. I was able to reach up into the cone and pull the neck down during culling. However, that did make it an awkward effort more a concern for a human cull than any injury. Otherwise I would give 5 stars for a fine product.

Works great holds the chickens nicely

We used it to process 32 birds. Worked great other than it being a little small for the larger birds. I would recommend going one size larger if you're processing Cornish Cross at 8 weeks or later.

Worked as advertised

This was an experiment for us, as we've not processed chickens in the past. A more seasoned farmer might know what they are dealing with, but we purchased the medium size and it was just BARELY big enough to contain our meat birds, which were pretty fat by the time we used it. Might need to upgrade to the large, but that's why we only bought 1. As for quality and everything else, it's a great product. No complaints.

recommend

Perfect size, serve its purpose

good for birds of carcass weight up to about 4.5 lbs. Easy to hang and remove for easy cleaning. Seems like it's going to last, good quality

We used this product for both chickens and ducks.

Good quality productworked well